between rain and snow, along that i-95 corridor where it has been an issue the entire day. sleet mixed in as well. to the north and west, snow sloppy, slushy snow to the south and east, heavy rain, we're seeing weakening here and some breaks in the precipitation rather light especially in south jersey but as storm pulling away we are expecting at least a slushy coating even in philadelphia as that colder a air, works its way in to the delaware valley. look at visibility in the poconos we have, fog, and, and, 1.5-mile visibility, a and no issues to the south and south jersey, and, and, and, as well. and winter storm, is continuing north and west, until 10:00 o'clock tonight, hazardous travel as some of our roads are snow covered and, of course, they are slick. our live neighborhood network takes to us nazareth, and see throughout the day, and heavy wet snow falling with temperatures right around freezing, it continues to pile up, in this area over 5 inches

of snow, have already fallen. take a look at a the snow amounts. lake mar money seven. nazareth 5.5. quakertown three. horsham 1.5. wilmington a little bit of snow late this afternoon. just .3 of an inch. nothing so far in philadelphia here's a look at future weather. 6:00 o'clock that cold air begins to move in as our storm system pulls out. we will get cold air on the the back side. by 7:00 p.m. possibly digging as far south as millville. by 8:00 into 9:00 it is out of here with dry conditions a across the delaware valley. we will continue to see, this changing, and drying out with those clearing skies, coming into the overnight. so, what is this situation coming tomorrow morning, and what about those area roads. for more on that, i toss it outside to kate bilo who is live from collegeville with the mobile weather lab. how are area roads out there. >> kathy, we have been all over the place this evening and i will take you outside cbs-3 mobil weather lab as i

talk about road conditions. we are in a back neighborhood area in collegeville right off eighth avenue here. roads are all a little slushy and snow covered. you can see coming up on an area of snow that has in the been plowed but all and all i have to say that the roads every actual any great shape. crews have been doing ab excellent job we have seen a lot of crews salting and trying to plow fit is pliable. seventy-six west all the way from the city to 422 is completely clear. 422 completely clear. main roads in collegeville, on egypt road, ridge pike all areas clear. if you get on the side street and these back roads that is where you'll have trouble. take a look turning on this neighborhood street. the it is completely covered in snow and what we have to watch are slick spots and icy spots as we go through the remaining of the evening and tonight. lets look at what you can peck on the area roadways. we do expect some slushy snow covered side streets, especially, and the things will be slow out there no matter where you are. reduced visibility in the heavier precipitation band through next couple of hours

especially and we're expecting temperatures to drop. there could be a threat of black ice, even into tomorrow morning. take a look at our morning lows on thanksgiving morning and many spots will fall below freezing mark. that means any roads that are not plowed or treated, could be dealing with some icy, and you have to be very safe tomorrow morning until temperatures get above freezing. back here live with the cbs-3 mobil weather lab we will take you outside and you cane snow covered streets in collegeville. we will bring you more updates on area roadways throughout the evening. for now back inside to you in the studio. >> kate, thanks very much. make sure you stay a step of the head of the storm by down loading the cbs philly weather app. get latest forecast from our team of meteorologists, down load app now on google play and itunes. snow is falling across chester county and been coming down there since late morning. we will check with "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter live from paoli with conditions right now, walt. >> reporter: jessica, big flakes have been replace by a

mixture of small flakes and sleet and now driven by a nasty wind. ouch. the surfaces on the road like, most road surfaces here just... the big issue today, will big shot for all of us not road conditions but up in the sky, suddenly around 11:30 a rumble and a flash, yes, it was thanksgiving thunder snow. >> i was driving and all of a sudden this thunder snow occurred and i was like my gosh, it was just nuts. >> reporter: heading to work just before noon, nicole startled by thunder snow. >> i actually thought it was my phone and it was not. it was thunder snow, rumbling away. >> reporter: less dramatic but more irritating as flakes found early rush hour, schools and businesses dismissing early, blocking highways. >> you know roads are a little bit slick but we made it just taking our time. >> reporter: suddenly taking that amtrak or septa a train to start your holiday journey,

it seemed like a even better idea. >> i'm sure i'll have to wait, but berth than driving and sitting in traffic. >> reporter: like any good dad jim brawn making sure his special holiday traveler, daughter nicole got safely aboard her septa train to her dad. >> i was than the too thrilled bit, but for my daughter's sake. >> dad, star bucks, great morning, it will be a good day. >> reporter: coming up in a few mincemeat role goodies kathy orr tells us all about thunder snow and what produce is it. we will have the latest from chester county a at 6:00. live from paoli, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. of course, storm or no storm today, plenty of people had plans to hit the roads to reach their thanksgiving destinations. we will turn to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt live in allentown and david, you caught up with drivers today. >> a lot of snow still coming down. drivers are excited todd brave snowy roads no matter what i just spoke to pennsylvania

state police. they tell me no serious accidents in the lehigh valley area but those drivers they say no matter how snowy it is they will head out and go to thanksgiving. >> i love snow, i like winter, i hate umer with the humidity. >> reporter: you are in good company now. >> chuck says he is happy to make two and a half hour thanksgiving drive in the comfort of his car. he'd have it no other way. >> i'm on my way up to see my daughter who just gave birth yesterday. >> reporter: we found him in allentown taking a quick break before braving the slick roads, salt trucks, spotted every few miles, as the snow continues to blanket the lehigh valley for afternoon. >> i like winter weather, i was unprepared for it. >> reporter: we caught up with snow enthusiast brandon moore on his way to new york. he said snow is a welcome sight. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: but he is ready for whatever mother nature brings. too early to tell what will happen in the coming months so chuck feels confident that we

will not see a repeat have last winter. >> not as bad as last year, i don't think it will be that bad. >> reporter: i guess only time will tell fit will be as bad as last year as he says right now we're seeing about 3 inches on the ground, it has been coming down at a steady pace on the roads be careful. we are live from will allentown, david spunt, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thanks very much. in new jersey governor chris christie declared a state of emergency today because of snow and heavy rain. live picture now at new jersey turnpike in cherry hill camden county. the emergency declaration means state will work to help locally mergecy management agencies as they respond to the storm. this snow has created plenty of headaches for airline passengers today. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is at philadelphia international airport where hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, syma. >> reporter: that is right, guess contact if you take a look behind me this is a cure line over here, it is pretty

empty, not to represent the fact that there aren't travel tours day. it kind of shows how many delays and cancellations we're dealing with but for will travelers i did speak with they are exited to travel and they have kept a positive attitude. mother nature meets the mother of all travel days. wednesday before thanksgiving is one of the busiest days to hit the sky. >> i'm exited to get out of here. >> reporter: not so fast, there have been many delays at philadelphia international airport. >> delayed about an hour but i'm okay witt. >> reporter: many travelers don't to have run to catch a flight. they are taking a delays in the stride. >> might as well make the best of it. >> reporter: most folks pack their patients and gave themselves time to get here. >> we drove down from bethlehem and it was very bad in the lehigh valley. once we got here it was better. >> reporter: one thing that could put a wrench in their plans is the c word, cancellations. by noon there were more than 100 inbound and outbound flights that got the the ax, depend ing on the weather, there could be more

cancellation toss come. >> it seems philadelphia international airport is on the dividing line between rain and snow and wet snow and more snow, so we will have to see. >> reporter: mary flannery is a spokesperson for the the airport . she said they have been deicing planes and other preparation toss get a head of the storm. >> everybody here is ready. everybody is geared up because of the all of the snow we ad last year and many snowfalls we had last year. >> reporter: again, lot have of delays, and cancellations here at the airport. if you are planning to travel today, or pick up someone at the airport double-check flight status so you are not coming here for no reason or having to wait around. lots of delays and cancellations. we are live at philadelphia international airport syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". plenty of people catching trains out of philadelphia for thanksgiving this is a look at 30th street station where riders have seen some delays throughout the day, but not all of them were weather related. amtrak says it has extra

equipment, personnel and trains tank by. we would love to see your winter weather photos and videos. we have two easy ways to share them. you can post them using hash tag cbs-3 snow or send them to us, by up loading them to the cbs philly weather app. is there other news, an ambulance with the patient inside rolls over during a crash in philadelphia's west oak lane neighborhood. ambulance landed on its side at 66th and ogontz this morning after it collided with an suv. both vehicles were badly damaged in that crash. police say two people were taken to einstein and right now there is no word on their condition. what caused that crash is under investigation. still to come here on "eyewitness news" there is breaking news in the search for missing mother, she vanish, running errands in northampton. police held a news conference a short time ago and we will have the the details. family of michael brownies speaking out of after ferguson office shore killed their son gave his first television interview. and when wait until black

friday or we hit the stores right after you eat the turkey, three on your side jim donovan has your holiday weekend shopping survival guide. don't miss it. we will be right back.

and back on "eyewitness news" with the look at the tough decisions many drivers are face to go day, this is video from the cbs mobile weather lab in king of prussia area. the slushy wintry mix, slowing down people, who are on the move for thanksgiving, kathy orr's full forecast is about six minutes away. breaking news right now, it is tragic news from

northampton county, a woman who has been missing since last week has now been found dead. >> "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers, is live with breaking details, matt. >> reporter: chris and jessica it was moments ago northampton county, district attorney john morgannellie laid out case begins five three-year old gregory graft, stepfather of that miss would go man, three three-year old yes, sir contact page ti it was friday when paget went to the home to send a fax and that is where a confrontation occurred. >> during an interview with the investigators she did admit that she had knowingly caused a death, and, and, that he and, as he stopped and took the victim's body and disposed of it on his property. >> the motive here was a sexual assault, motive, definitely a sex angle to this

crime. >> reporter: and volunteer, this is a picture of three three-year old jessica paget, volunteers and page t's family had been looking for mother of three since friday when she disappear. search crews were organized and flyers put up around the a area facebook group quickly attracted thousands of members to help in that search, police say, graph even pretend todd help in the search himself. the paget family is obviously stunned by the news reading a statement on their behalf just moments ago. >> we're devastated by the loss of jessica. she was a beautiful, vibrant young woman who was beloved by her family and friend. the world shines less bright today. >> reporter: police say gregory graph is in the process of being arraigned, a as we speak, the district attorney says that this case could become a capitol murder case if during the the course of an autopsy, it is discovered that a sexual assault did in fact, take place during the course of jessica paget's murder. we are live in easton tonight, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". >> matt, thanks very much. more tragic news here a third child shot in that murder/suicide in tabernacle burlington county has died. new jersey state police say that 11 year-old alexander harriman died at cooper hospital this afternoon. that shooting, happened at a home on holy park drive last thursday. investigators say 44 year-old jeaninne lepage shot her children are and then turn that gun on herself. well, still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 our winter storm coverage will continue kathy will have your updated forecast. then never mind cold and snow holiday shopper is already camped out in cherry hill and preparations for thanksgiving day and the black friday sales. what would it take for to you camp out. beasley. eagles defense with several high priority target to control tomorrow in dallas, we will talk about running back dimarco murray yesterday, today the eagles with the report on the receiver, dez bryant that is topic coming up in sports.

all right. our eye has been on the storm, since early this morning, what is it looking like right now. >> you know, precipitation is slowly relaxing, dying out a little bit, our storm is just to the east, of delaware. it will rapidly move towards the north east and we will see this coming to an end this evening.

that is good news. if you have to travel, the best time will be about after 8:00 o'clock tonight. take a look outside where we do have have some decent road conditions, this is a picture from pay yoel any chester county, my old stumping ground, i necessity it well, i frequent that acme. you can see roads are wet but still accumulating on the sidewalks and also those untreated surfaces, but slow go tonight, just take it easy, we will see temperatures around freezing around the overnight, so those untreated sidewalks and parking lots will be slippery, during the late night and overnight hours. lets take a look right now outside and show so of these beautiful eyewitness cam pictures from mara, and, beautiful heavy snow now clinging to the trees now and, it doesn't take any tree limbs down. you can see jamie sending in this beautiful picture up near poconos in blakesleeville. you can see temperatures will stay very cold across the region. especially through poconos. we will be seeing a very cold

night there as well with temperatures only in the 20's. in albrightville 8 inches. huffs church, 6.5. stroudsburg heading through the the area, so monroe, carbon counties, 4 inches there graterford 2.2. princeton and mercer county picking up 2 inches of snow. i want to bring you back in time to something that walt hunter alluded to earlier in the broadcast, the thunder snow that big boom, that you may have heard, earlier, during the day. it was between 11:00 o'clock and noon, right around 11:30 hour. there is one flash here of thunder snow near blue bell, conshohocken and norristown and few more long i the five corridor. reports in newark, delaware. you can see the flashes. the thunder snow is just a thunderstorm within a snowstorm. so you have similar dynamics. almost like an will elevated thunderstorm. we have warm layer in the upper layers of the atmosphere, fresh cold layer in the form of the fresh snow cover, and what happens is you have this wrapped lift up in the atmosphere, with the air,

so rapidly rising air, and it breaks through this warm layer and you have instability in the atmosphere. so this fast rising air, helps to create this thunderstorm. and the reason why it is so loud, it is because this warm layer actually traps the sound, near the ground, so it feels like the ground shake something what. one of my collogues say it felt like an earthquake. it is because of that big boom and that warm layer trapping the sound. that is what happened. it was a thunderstorm. same dynamics of the then are storm but during a snow event. right now temperatures still around freezing north and west. philadelphia at 36 degrees. as the snow comes to an a end tonight it will be cold for the next couple of days. for your thanksgiving we're expecting some sunshine with you it will be on the bitter side. overnight the low of 32 degrees. all of the precipitation ending, icy spots, tomorrow, the high of 40 degrees. if you are interested in the eagles game, they don't have to worry about the weather in dallas, temperatures will be around 60 degrees and it will be sunny at kick off at 4:30 against the the cowboys.

here's 39 day forecast, friday pretty cold for black friday. saturday 44 with mostly sunny skies. that is your three day forecast, we will be back

the cowboys both several dangerous behind and a offensive line giving secondary issues. bright is an obvious concern for the big game tomorrow. the imposing receiver is on a four game touchdown streak and he a said today he would rather play football then eat turkey. it is a special challenge for an eagles secondary that has struggled at times with ordinary receivers. >> they put the ball in his hand a lot, obviously for a good reason. he lines up, in the slot a

lot, and they just try to put him one on one with a lot of corners and just to let him go get the ball and make play is more news from the eagles division, washington has benched quarterback rg3 and will start colt mccoy sunday begins indianapolis. three straight losses and rg3's, pardon those performances spark the change. >> it is a shame. >> would you rather eat turkey or play football or play football and eat turkey. >> i played twice on thanksgiving. i think i would rather be out there playing. >> everybody is watching. >> yes. >> next day, you can have left overs. >> yes. >> all right, beasley. >> coming up in the next half an hour, our snow coverage continues as a winter storm blankets the area. >> the snow has fallen here in bucks county, i'm justin finch find out what precautions are being taken now to keep your thanksgiving day travel safe. smoother sailing on area biggest highways, a big change comes to the new jersey turnpike just in time for the holiday rush hour. we will be right back.

i'm chris may and we have an eye on a winter storm tonight, some parts of the region are, getting a snow like here in paoli chester county. it is a wet heavy snow with the storm, many roads in the area are messy tonight. well, a at the art museum umbrellas, punchos and rain gear is a must as practice went on for the thanksgiving day parade. conditions were tough but the

show will go on. and, of course, so many people on the have move on this day before thanksgiving, weather has forced cancellation of some flights at philadelphia international, others have been delayed. kathy? in weather we're talking about our storm system slowly, right now moving north east, it will pick up some speed within the next couple of hours, and all of this snow will be moving towards the north and east as well. a as we look close, you can see a wave of colder air making ate long the i-95 corridor and we're picking up this dark purple right here, lavender through western chester county. that will push eastward and that gets philadelphia a chance to see wet, slush snow on the grass surfaces throughout the evening and then we will be winding up this storm. here's a look at the snow amounts around the delaware valley and albrightsvial in the poconos 8 inches. toby hanna 6.9. exton 3.1. quakertown 3.0. princeton, 2 inches of snow. now for the rest of the evening we're talking about snow and rain coming to an

even by 8:00 p.m., temperatures will be steady or slowly rise at this time once precipitation comes to an a end and gusty northwesterly wind continue. they will get up to 25 miles an hour, dying out later on tonight. coming up we will talk about what comes for thanksgiving and black friday as you head into your holiday weekend. for now, jessica, back over to you. >> kathy, thanks. our live team coverage of the thanksgiving eve, snow continues 59:30. snow piling up in bucks county, "eyewitness news" reporter... live in doylestown with the latest on conditions there, justin. >> reporter: jessica, as the forecast shows the worst of that snowfall a is passed us now. we are looking at fine frozen flakes out here at this hour. but earl tore daze when the snowfall was at its heaviest, many schools closed down or canceled classes or since, halt early as a precaution here. also on the ground here road crews began salting and plowing early, ahead of the thanksgiving day holiday.

the max knew his workday would involve wrapping christmas lights around trees but didn't expect the day to look and feel like christmas. >> i didn't think it would be like this. but, i just thought it would be a little sprinkle and, we will go home. >> reporter: downtown, several storekeepers were working too, shoveling and salting their sidewalks. >> traveling today will be hectic for people, i'm definitely sensitive to that. >> forecast called for 6 inches of, party, half of this predict for doylestown township. >> after last winter, i don't think there is any focus right now good township says its crews have been salting at 80 or so miles all day and won't run out of salt anytime soon. >> we have full of salt, we're ready. >> and taking a look now at this street now live here just behind that bmw here, there is a plow truck tomorrow. we are seeing that operation continuing throughout the the night, although this street does look clear, still be safe. dot is telling us that there

have have been more than 100 accidents on the roads here in bucks county, all ready to day. we are live from downtown doylestown i'm just continue finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". if you are like me you spent sometime browsing through hash tag cbs-3 snow. we have great photos that have come in from our viewers. our buddy chris kill her weighed in from west chester with thinks deck outdoors. snow piled up not only on the table but also on the grill, as well, it kind of makes you long for summer. kevin sent these photos from havertown. they are clockwise, throughout the day, this one from 11:00 o'clock this morning. from one from noon this one from 1:00 p.m. this one from 2:00 this have have afternoon. you can see how snow piled up there in havertown. let's go down to newark, delaware. this picture from kay, it looks like they have a dusting there, in newark but still a very pretty photo, we appreciate sending that in. finally lehigh valley just outside lehigh valley mall,

our buddy will kenworthy sending this shot that he calls friendly roads and that is because you see the slush covered road, right outside of a store. we will see your photos friendly, and otherwise they contain winter weather. two easy ways to share them. post them to social media with the hash tag cbs-3 snow, or you can send them to us, through the cbs philly weather app. more fall out in the wake of the ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict police officer darren wilson in the killing of michael brown. today several protesters stormed st. louis city hall forcing police to call in more than one hundred officers. meanwhile, officer wilson tells abc news that he quote has a clear conscious about shooting, brown because he says he followed his training and the law. brown's parents say they don't believe him. >> he didn't do what he had had to do. he did what he wanted todd do. >> his conscious is clear. >> how can your conscious be clear, even if it was a accidental death.

>> the family still has the option of pursuing a wrongful death suit against wilson. two fbi agents are recovering after they were shot in st. louis county while serving an arrest warrant. that happened around 3:00 this morning in the small village offhandly hills. bows agents were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, boro spokesperson says the incident was not directly related to the ferguson protest. u.s. supreme court justice route paider ginsburg is recovering after having a stent placed in an artery. the 81 year-old went to the hospital tuesday night after experiencing discomfort while exercising. ginsburg is said to be resting comfortably tonight and she's expect to be released from the hospital within the next few days. two turkies will have a much happier thanksgiving this year thanks to president obama, the president pardoned the lucky birds today at the white house. their names, mack and cheese. they were both born this past july weighing nearly 50-pound and they will now live out their days on a virginia farm.

the annual tradition of pardoning turkies began in 1989 under george hw bush. well, still to come on "eyewitness news", three on your side with the very best apps to track your holiday package. then whether you head out right after the turning i dinner or you wait until black friday consumer reporter jim donovan has your holiday shopping survival guide. how far would you go to get the best deal, the snow isn't stopping some from camping out early. kate? and it is dark out now but rain/snow/sleet mix is still falling here in collegeville. i'm in the yard of the lewis family and they are making snowballs, show me your snowball. take a look at that. perfect packing snow and we are seeing wet ground outside but you know what the snow is still coming down. we will have have the latest plus forecast for thanksgiving wh

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the stormy weather is not deterring, determined shoppers, from getting those bargains. >> no, at least two shoppers and perhaps more will join them tonight. they are spending the night outside the best buy, in cherry hill, camden county, one has a tent to stay dry and warm, the other does not. they are in line, waiting for tickets to purchase a $500, 50-inch tv for only, 200 bucks

tomorrow night. >> this is first year come out on black friday and get a deal like this, i cannot pass it up. so, tomorrow, when i get donnie can watch the football game on it. >> there you go. worth every penny. >> is there anything you would do to wait in line a few days, anything would you wait to get, in this kind of weather, let us snow at facebook.com/cbs philly or tweet us, at cbs philly, and join our on line converse says. good afternoon, on the busiest travel day of the year, 5:40, we will go outside and start off at 202 where unfortunately this is the only view we have of this camera on route 202, it is blurry here, but right around route 30 and car fire here with police activity on the scene. you can hardly make out that it is a fire, very red, you

can see quite a large area here. push off to the off ramp toward route 30 from 202 southbound. not a lot of volume really accumulating around that scene currently but with that police activity hopefully it will be cleared in the next couple of minutes or so. look at this i cannot even believe it at 5:41 in the afternoon, especially on the the busiest travel day of the year on the schuylkill expressway virtually no problems here on the schuylkill at boulevard and eastbound lanes heading where the taillights, headlights are heading, the taillights right there headed westbound everything moving great so far. a few accidents as we know it is slippery outside, lincoln drive at gypsy lane an accident push off on the right-hand side. in marne highway at route 541. we do have some weather related problems here for new jersey transit, ten to 15 minute delays, for some weather conditions and currently an hour and 43 minute delay at the airport and do you want to make sure, if you are one of those people affect by. that but all of the rest of the majors surprisingly doing well, 422 westbound from 202

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delores donahue sending us this from blakeslee, mount pocono and that area got about 6-inches today. >> loved every inch too. in northeast philadelphia, thanking the families of police office hours made the ultimate sacrifice. >> "eyewitness news" at fraternal order of police lodge five as families of officers killed in the line of duty joined current officers for a breakfast. afterwards thanksgiving dinners were delivered to families including state trooper, that of state trooper brian dickson allegedly killed by eric frein in the poconos. many of you have been sharing what you are thankful for this holiday season using hash tag cbs 36789 caitlin tweeted us with this, he says i'm thankful for my puppies, china, dna, razzwere forever putting a smile on my face, and jake says he's so thankful for brothers of capa sigma at temple university. super man 215 chimes into simply say i'm thankful for my

sister, hash tag lindsey. we love knowing what you are thankful for, just send us your photos via facebook and twitter use hash tag cbs-3 and we will put them right on the air. many or thankful that the snow is almost out of here, our weather watchers are saying that there is a variety of weather across the delaware valley, in south jersey we're talking about rain. mark is saying it is 35 degrees in chats worth, new jersey. it has been rain, it will stay rain and end up as a little bit of the slushy mix. 45 degrees right now,al on saying in cherry hill that sound mild, we will double-check that thermometer. we will go 34 degrees, just to the north and riverside, new jersey, ron is saying, winds out of the east at 2 miles an hour, lets see what else he says, miserable night for travel, it certainly is, ron, do not like that travel at all. lets look at beautiful pictures, that have been taken across the delaware valley especially to the north and west of the city. we will start off over here,

sam is saying a beautiful day in norristown, pa, this heavy wet snow really clinging to these tree limbs, we don't want it to cling too much though with fears of power outages, through the lehigh valley. this nice picture sent from willow grove, you you can see the driveways covered, those wet juicy flakes falling just a lit very pleasant winter scene there lets look the at a few more. i like this one from donna, just a little bit ago with blue on the screen there, you can see the sign, happy thanksgiving turkey. we will take you down to the beach. big stone beach in delaware where the surf began to kick up as our storm got closer, during the the late a afternoon period. this one from kyle, it looks good as well, with temperatures falling, kyle may see some icy conditions and as far as rain accumulations, lets look at a few of these, philadelphia an inch of rain, hatboro a half inch, tuckerton and riverside, new jersian inch of rain on the new jersey

side. if you are interested in being a weather watcher we would love to you join the team at cbs philly.com and/watchers. we have had watchers to the north and west of philadelphia near where our kate bilo is, in coatsville, right now, it looks like a snowball and that could hurt somebody, kate. >> yeah, you know, there are snowballs flying all over this yard, kathy, but this is a perfect snow for snowballs. we are in the collegeville and home of the lewis family, we were driving down the street and saw this awesome snow man that they had. they were building another one right now, lets check out the snow man and talk to the kids there. they had the day off from school already, so no worries there but they have been even eyeing this weather out here. you helped make this snow man, sloan. >> are you enjoying the the day. >> yes. >> are you going to fight with your brotters with snowballs. >> yes. i'm piling them up in the bucket right there. >> she has her bucket ready to go, all four, three boys and sloan working on the yard, dad was shoveling the the

driveway, things are still slippery out here and i cannot fine the dog. they have cutest snow eating dog, we will see if we can find them in a minute. lets see what we have going on here, in collegeville, you can see it precipitating right there it is going back and forth between rain, snow, sleet, the whole 9 yards and we will have have decent snow falling at the moment. temperature wise we are above the freezing mark, it is 33.6 degrees, temperatures continuing to drop through the night. one last band coming through. let look at our snowfall amounts across the region. a areas that did the best were up through the the poconos, carbon county where we saw some spots with over 6 inches of snow. we didn't get quite that much here, we got three or 4 inches on the ground, wilmington at .3. storm scan three does show another ban trying to intensify around the region. you can see that darker shading zooming in toward the collegeville area, the snow is coming down, and i can attest to that, snowing a at a good

clip right now. we are far from over, as of yet. lets look at temperatures all across the region hovering in those mid 30's. thirty-six at the airport. thirty-five in reading. 34 degrees in allentown. what to expect as we move forward in time, the snow should begin to end within the next couple of hours, by midnight it is out of here. there is a weak upper low that will swing through and cannot rule out a stray snow shower on your thanksgiving day but otherwise we are quiet. overnight, the snow and rain comes to an even, clearing and cold, low down to around freezing, for your thursday, chilly, with mostly cloudy conditions, stray shower, 40 degrees, for your thanksgiving day, not a bad thanksgiving 40 degrees daytime high. oven will be on all day and warming you up. black friday shoppers bundling up, 39 degrees but we will warm it up and keep it dry over weekend. with temperatures in the mid 50's on sunday. mid 50's on monday as well and tuesday back to 48 degrees. back here live in the boro of collegeville, roads are okay.

back an inside streets are slushy, we will jump back in the cbs-3 mobile weather lab and bring you more live road conditions at 6:00 o'clock and coming upright now we will throw this snowball and not hit anyone. what are we aiming for? we are aiming for basketball hoop over here, are you ready. my gosh. that was really a terrible throw. >> these guys are great, all day, and maybe i'll try one more shot before we go. back to you. >> keep an eye on those kid out there, kate, might be dangerous with snow snowballs. >> do you remember when black friday used to be the big kick off to the holiday shopping weekend, with more and more storms opening on thanksgiving, it is more like a midpoint. >> three on your side, consumer reporter jim donovan, what you need to know before you head out to the mall. >> reporter: black friday will be a big deal at many stores. >> we go through rigorous training with our employees, and we track, make sure that they understand where the line will go for the customers. >> reporter: but estimated 25 million americans, won't

wait for friday, they will be shopping on thanksgiving day. >> millennials love the idea of shopping on thanksgiving day night, they can leave their parents, they can ditch the pumpkin pie, escape doing the dishes and head out to their friend, to go see what kind of of deals, everybody is offering. >> reporter: most wal-mart stores will be opened all day thursday with the best deals rolling out between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. best buy and jc penny opened up at 5:00 with target kohl's and sears opening up at 6:00. many malls opening you the at 6:00 including cherry hill, lehigh valley, montgomery, oxford valley, quakerbridge and christian a high end sports gear will be popular this year. >> trend that we found people just denim over the last several years where people are willing to pay 150 or $200 for a pair of designer jeans. now we have seen that trend in yoga pants. >> reporter: warm weather in october hurt fall apparel sales so expect plenty of deals as stores try to move merchandise. it may be tough to find a mark done on portable exercise

monitoring equipment like a fit bit, demand is high. many link directly to a smart phone. >> it can be your normal, every day exercise customer as well as someone who is, extremely into triathlon. >> reporter: particularly hot, anything related to the disney hit movie frozen. if you are doing most of your shopping on line, federal express and ups has asked to help track packages but there are others to the the parcel app tracking shipment from 240 delivery services and slice app can notify you if a price drops a log to you get a price adjustment. >> i like how you knowingly were like frozen. >> yes, elsa dress is gold. anything you are shopping for in particular. >> i do not shop over this weekend. >> i do not. >> i'm thankful for staying at home. i'm not going near a mall. >> yes, every year. >> shop on line. >> we will be right back.

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that, some bitter cold, moves in, i'll show you the best places that we will see to be outdoors and when you should get out and when the travel will be safe. state of of emergency in new jersey but not all bad news for drivers. i'm cleve bryan, coming up how a multi billion dollar expansion of the new jersey turnpike is easing holiday travel. we will have breaking news a at 6:00 o'clock stunning new developments in the case of the missing mother from northampton county, police now say that jessica paget was murdered. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. and, the snow there is slowing drivers, all day long. >> a similar, snowy scene, in paoli, in chester county, snow heavy and wet there today, and as a result, the roads and sidewalk have been slushy,

very slow go, for travelers. >> now to king of prussia where snow accumulated on cars, also on grassy surfaces, and shoppers picking up those last minute, items, for grocery store about to let mother nature, get in our way. in doylestown, they are bundled up against the winter chill today, you need that had winter coat if you were going to spend anytime outside today, some even busted out the shovel to clear the sidewalks. good evening, thanks for being with us i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. we have live team three coverage of the first snowstorm of the season. from allentown to chester county and many areas in between. we will start with meteorologist kathy orr for latest storm forecast,. >> we are still seeing light snowfall and you can see to the south and east, still seeing rain, colder air,